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How could you tell if a sample of matter is an element

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If it's a pure substance like oxygen or neon are made up of 1 kind of atom is an element example of a non-element is water . Water is compound atoms which is oxygen and hydrogen
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If the sample of matter is a pure substance, meaning made up of only one type of atom.